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Company A is acquiring Company B. To ensure the deal is breakeven (neither accretive nor dilutive), how would you calculate the required synergies?
- Synergies must simply equal the target's full standalone Net Income for its most recent fiscal year.
- The required synergies equal the total transaction fees, advisory costs, and premiums paid to close the deal.
- Synergies are only required if the target company has a materially higher P/E multiple than the acquiring company does.
- Calculate the Pro Forma Net Income needed to keep EPS constant and back into the required pre-tax synergy amount.
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